The lead paint however is generally tested with a swipe across a window sill or handrail that is painted, then they measure to see if there was open lead.

People with vested interest and poverty mentality like to attack their competitors, even though their comments are incredibly ill informed sometimes.  

Who are some of your competitors and can you give info about submetering in general, rather than specific to the company you sell for?

Lead paint tests consist of dust swipes sent off to a lab.

Then, get the student to RUN to the back to swipe his credit card for the entry level seminar, bootcamp, course, mentoring, coaching.

@J Scott@Jared Watson  when I am building a subdivision like I am now 27 homes I just pay a flat fee... and we control all money and everything is done at costs.sub checks are paid out of our generals account but its all very closely monitored as we have bank verticle loans.. and in our market a fee for this type of work for the GC is 7500 to 12k per house.. and after we pay that on 350k exits we make about 50k net per house sometimes a little less sometimes a little more.. but that's basically it for us on that price point and competing with DR Horton and Lennar which are my two main competitors in this particular area of town..

A lot of this concept is explained in the Keynesian Beauty Contest theory where only the top competitors get the most notoriety but the best picks are hidden in the field.

Ofcourse, it's worth going over your competitors' websites to see what they have built and try to improve on that - no need to reinvent the wheel.

My competitors send out a ton of DMM mailers (they have no choice, as I dominate Google).And the recipients call ME!!

We've all heard of the good ol' direct mail approach to acquiring leads for your real estate business, or the yard stake signs you'd secretly stake next to your competitor's office (just kidding!).